| Year | 1988 |
| Date | 16-Dec |
| Volume | 161 |
| Issue | 3,839 |
| Page | 740 |
| Category | Locomotive |
| Part | |
| Title | Ambition Achieved |
| Author | Graham Copley (Canada) |
| Notes | A boyhood ambition to play engine driver realised. Photos by John Perrins, hooked on steam, track joints, first trial |